WA Govt clamps down on serial fine defaulters

Serial fine defaulters in Western Australia's south-west and Peel regions are being targeted as the State Government introduces tough measures to recover millions of dollars in unpaid fines.

The program, which began in Perth last year, allows the Sheriff's Office to wheel clamp vehicles or seize the licence plates of people who owe more than $2,000 in unpaid fines.

Attorney-General Michael Mischin says fine defaulters in the south-west and Peel regions owe a total of $14.5 million.

He says the measures will apply from May 5.

"This will apply to people that owe fines totalling over $2,000 and it will be a program that if it works well in these particular areas it will be rolled out into other areas of regional Western Australia," he said.

"So they're basically people who have totalled up an enormous amount of money by way of fines owed to the courts or through infringement notices, have refused warnings and notices to pay those obligations and won't enter into any time to pay arrangements."